Pete C

Jerry Mathers Elbridge Gerry Jerry Mander

Maybe Chris believes if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything.

Maxie Rosenbloom Zuzu Little Lulu Alban Berg Alben Barkley Bishop Berkeley

I believe it's because of demands from the estate of Richard Carpenter, the "composer" of the tune. Couldn't they just retitle it Sid's Ahead, or something?

Does anybody know when Johnson first recorded on soprano?

I already have the complete Birdland recordings on Ember, no longer in print. That "female" vocalist "Chubby Newsome" is something else. I also had that Columbia double LP. There is a bunch more material from that engagement than was on the LP, which was from the Boris Rose archive. With material of this provenance I don't see why that would be a problem.

Sue Lyons Tiger Woods Max Baer Oh my!

I wonder why Walkin' wasn't included on the DVD. Surely there would have been enough space, as the two shows together are under 2 hours. I guess I'll hang on to my Karlsruhe bootleg.

When I was a teen in the '70s the JPJ Quartet often appeared on local NYC TV shows. I think the people at Master Jazz Records might have been good at getting their artists on TV, as Earl Hines and Roy Eldridge often seemed to pop up at that time too.

Alotta Fagina Donald Fagen Oliver Twist

Felix Cat Anderson Gato Barbieri

I never found anything to like about him.

Chuck Willis Willis Gator Jackson Willis

Carson Smith Bob Neel Russ Freeman

Well, Stanley Crouch did punch Howard Mandel.

Tom M., remind me, do you have a website for your photos? They're worthy of a book.

Hows the sound on the tracks from 1919?

Max Beerbohm Donald Rumsfeld Brandy

The Diddy Men Ken Dodd Richard Dadd Moms Mabley Hank Mobley Moby

He actually bought the Tatum masters back from MGM. He tried to buy the whole label back but failed. Was that when he started Pablo, so he could release them and do them the justice that obviously hadn't been served?

Somehow Fantasy was able to have the rights to release that Trane European box set back 10 years ago or whatever it was. Maybe it doesn't need to be Universal (because I can't see them doing it). Those were Pablo masters. Yeah, Granz has the tapes or the rights to them from the shows he produced after he sold Verve and started releasing them when he launched Pablo. Then it appears that the rights went to Fantasy when he sold Pablo, including stuff he hadn't yet released. I've always found it interesting that he somehow managed to hold back the Tatum stuff when he sold Verve.

Yes, but it was la dolce vita loca.

Yeah, but I think the trio of percussionists (Chancler, Mtume & Alias) is really wonderful. Were they only together for that tour?

Annie Sprinkle Annie Oakley Berry Oakley

This set is old news already. Now I'm waiting for the Fall 1971 European Tour. That was one hot band.